Lathram Chapel Methodist Church CemeteryOriginal 1984-85 Survey

The earliest grave in the Lathram Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery is of an unknown logger buried in 1855 after he was killed by a train on his way to work. A History of the Lathram Chapel Church is now online, which names the original church members.

Directions: Drive north on US29 through Cantonment to Farm Hill (CR196), turn left and travel to the intersection of CR97. Turn left on CR97. The cemetery is about
1 ½ miles from this intersection, about 600 yards off the road, in the Barrineau Park community. The point of contact for this cemetery in 1985 was
Aubie Fillingem, (850) 587-2266.

The cemetery was surveyed by Evan Strohl and Erin Callaway of the West Florida Genealogical Society (WFGS) in August 1984 and was verified by Sid Thomas and Berdine Rittenhouse of the WFGS in May 1985.
The results were published in Volume 1, Gravestone Registry, Escambia County, Fla., Special Publication No. 5 of the West Florida Genealogical Society. It also was published in West Florida Footprints, No. 2, 1985 and No. 3, 1986.

Transcribed from the original publication and contributed to the Escambia County USGenWeb by WFGS member and former webmaster, Ginny Deagan, with permission of the WFGS Board of Directors.

Please send corrections or additions to Evan Strohl, Chairman, WFGS Cemetery Committee, or the Webmaster. All sources will be credited.